Top 3 Tips for Getting Fit Throughout Your Workday, + A 1-Day Challenge 🏆

Welcome to this interactive discussion; 3️⃣ Strategies, 7️⃣+ Activities, and a 1️⃣-Day Challenge. My name is Paul Michaels, and I am obsessed with reinventing HOW we work. Why? The way most of us work (sitting for hours and hours) is slowly killing us! "American Heart Association research revealed that workers spend more than 89% of their time sitting and are more likely to get illnesses and diseases due to their inactivity." The great news is it is straightforward to avoid this fate! Ready? I have listed three strategies, a list of activities (feel free to add ones that you like), and a 1-Day Challenge to get you actively applying these to your workday. HOW THIS WORKS Grab a strategy, select an activity and get exercise-snacking for five or 10-minutes - Repeat throughout your work day. STRATEGIES: Add-On A hack to keeping a new habit is attaching it (before or after) to an action/habit you already practice. When you get up from your work desk to go to the bathroom, get something to drink or eat, or for any other reason, you can add an exercise-snack five or 10-minute session. Booster Being active, even for a few minutes, increases your heart rate and blood flow to your brain, which is proven to increase your creativity! If you have a meeting, interview, brainstorming session, or any other creative endeavor, take five to 10-minutes before the event to get some activity and then slide in to be almost twice as creative. Transitions Get perspective, make a plan, decompress or get your game face on when you transition. Before you get into work in the morning (WFH/Hybrid), go for a five to 10-minute exercise-snack and let your mind prepare for the challenges of the day. After work, do the same, except release/relax after the stress of work. Your pet(s), kid(s), or partner will thank you. ACTIVITIES - Walk around your workspace; down hallways, up stairs, around rooms. Go outside, and walk around the block. - Get on a treadmill/elliptical/stationary bike for an exercise-snack session. - Dance to your favorite music - Jumping jacks - Pushups, situps (or other calisthenics) - Yoga/Pilates sequences - Planks - Walk on the spot, run, or jump on a mini-trampoline/rebounder. 1-DAY CHALLENGE Choose a day when you will commit to taking an "exercise-snack" every 30/60/90 minutes (your choice - mix it up, too) during your work day. Come back to this discussion and write a reply committing to the day (we want to cheer you on!) Keep track of how many sessions you did and which activities you tried. Return to this discussion and to your commitment post and reply, adding the stats from your Challenge Day. Emoji medals will be flying; 🥉 = 30 mins total or less, 🥈 = 30 to 45 minutes and 🥇 = 45 minutes + Let me know if you have any questions! I will be in the chat to cheer you on, support you and celebrate your wins! --- If you like this and want to make it a part of your everyday life, check out my upcoming Product Hunt launch (Be sure to sign up on my full landing page where it says: "👉 SIGN UP FOR YOUR FREE SPOT: CLICK HERE 👈") https://www.producthunt.com/my/upcoming/exercise-or-excuses